One mans scrap.........

This entire set of cups [less 2] was made from a scrap hardwood pallet. The pallet had been used to ship tile in from what I was told was India. Alone it weighed 50+ pounds. There are yellow , red, and other colored woods in it. Sorry, I cannot identify them. Just that they are very hard and seem to have been nailed together by hand. [hammer marks] I cannot imagine driving a nail through one piece, let alone 2 pieces. They must use a backer to keep it from splitting. My point is this was in the trash on a work site ready to be burned. My treasure. The contractor will sure be surprised when I present him with a finished cup. Might even get some more saved out for me. Picture #4 is what I was told is Black Locust. This was from the same site and again was being burned. The light colored cups are from it.

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Black locust is great stuff. I know of some fence posts that must be nearly 100 yrs old, still usefull, but do show a lot of age. Use it for outdoor furniture and your grandchildren will have an heirloom.

Bet that cup given to the contractor gets you more wood.Those came out great and its a nice reuse.My projects use reclaimed wood as well it suits me just fine.When I get a lathe, I’m going to try some of those.Thanks for showing your work.

Cool use of the pallet wood. I’ve never tried to make anything like that with a lathe just yet. I just recently purchased a 4 jaw chuck so I’m going to be trying some stuff like this soon. FYI since you are close to Birmingham, AL, there is a company in this area that gives away pallets that they use in shipping big coils of steel. I will IM you with the information.